COMPOSTING Join the NYC Compost Project in Manhattan of the Lower East Side Ecology Center at this well-known East Village Garden to see one of the NYC Compost Project's Demo Sites and ask your composting questions. There will also be an example of an indoor worm composting bin. Tues., July 20th 6-8PM

EURIPIDES MEDEA by Xoregos Performing Company Centuries ahead of his time, Euripides wrote what is certainly the first extant feminist play. A Chorus of women supports Medea's anger against Jason, who has left her to marry another. Only when her fury loses reason do they abandon her. Medea, obsessed with Jason, determines on a terrifying revenge. (Not appropriate for young children) Tuesday, July 27th, 7:30PM (Raindate: the 28th)

JAZZ ON A SUMMER NIGHT: Hayes Greenfield… Music under the leaves, wind & stars. Sat. July 31st 8PM

THE 2010 EVENTS PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE FUND FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES/NYS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS DECENTRALIZATION PROGRAM AND THE MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ARTS FUND/NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, ADMINISTERED BY THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL. THE PROGRAM WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOR ONGOING ASSISTANCE.

6th & B Garden Events

Our events committee taps into the skills of the many artist members, who stage programs of crafts, horticultural/science workshops, slide shows, multicultural festivals, and performances from around the world. The events program, runs all summer, featuring over 75 events annually, drawing thousands of visitors. In addition, three preschool centers joined the garden; garden members developed an environmental curriculum to teach the children gardening and nature principles and skills.
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The Events Program is generously supported by the Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust and European American Bank. The Events Program would also like to thank the Trust for Public Land for ongoing assistance. These Programs are also made possible in part with public funds from The Fund for Creative Communites/New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization Program (DEC), administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council(LMCC), and from The Rockefeller Flow Fund.